CSTPR Names William Travis as the New Director. William Travis, an Associate Professor of Geography who has taught for more than 20 years at CU-Boulder, is the former director of the university's Natural Hazards Center. He has researched and written extensively about humans and the environment, including in his latest book "New Geographies of the American West: Land Use and Changing Patterns of Place," which was published in 2007. One of his current research projects focuses on how Colorado communities perceive and react to the mountain pine beetle outbreak.

CSTPR, with CU's Energy Initiative, is co-sponsoring a series of lectures and panel discussions on campus to examine the challenge of meeting rapidly rising global energy demand, while simultaneously reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases. The series, titled "The Energy and Climate Challenge," is intended to foster discussion and debate on these issues to coincide with the 2008 presidential campaign.

Book Review for "Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program" by Pat Duggins:
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2008. The Rise and Fall of the Space Shuttle. American Scientist, Vol. 96, No. 5, p. 32.